Big Springs Social Roundup and Local Visits
Big Springs residents note vacations visits and Sunday gatherings. Pauline Medsker vacationing at Newberry Beach. Cora Dix and several families socializing in Hutsonville and Terre Haute. a large turnout at York Illinois reunion. Miss Ingersoll from Indianapolis visiting relatives. several weddings and funerals with local families attending events and sales. A heavy rain and wind affected area, with trees down and corn twisted. Sunday school picnic planned for Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Medsker
Newberry Beach
Cora Dix
Hutsonville
Stuart Hunt
Ural
Ralph Watson
Ella
Josie Eno
Grace Knox
Warren Watson
Lizzie McLain
Merom
Julia Murry Gifford
Terre Haute
Mary Medsker
Miss Strain
Kingsley Vicinity
Maurene Durham
Allie Watson
York, Ill
Mary Ingersoll
Indianapolis
Mann
Bicknell
Joe Hunt
Joe Entwhistie
Mary Mann
Mother
A. G. Cushman
Will Watson
Sullivan
Dayne Watson
John Hash
Big Springs
Social News From Terre Haute Visits Highlight Local Ties
Merom Lena May Hubble spent last week with aunt Mrs. Emory Wright in Terre Haute. Gault Pleasant and Mrs. Mirilda Pleasant joined Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boyer there Wednesday. Washington D C’s Francis Joseph Breisbois and Prof. Elizabeth Hatten visited Mrs. Ella Cooper Sunday. Eva MelWhinzie and son Dan along with Eva Cooper and Cora Cramer were in Terre Haute Wednesday. Sullivan’s J A Reynolds and E W Berry hosted Sunday afternoon. Reid B Wilson of Terre Haute visited his parents. Cecil Leek and Hazel Lindley formerly of Union City now reside in USC Co Miss Nellie Brown visits Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena May Hubble
Emory Wright
Terre Haute
Gault Pleasant
Mirilda Pleasant
Fred Boyer
Joseph Breisbois
Francis Joseph
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Hatten
Ella Cooper
Eva MelWhinzie
Dan
Eva Cooper
Cora Cramer
A. Reynolds
Sullivan
E. W. Berry
Reid B. Wilson
Terre Traute
Jerry Wilson
Cecil Leek
Union City
Ind
Hazel Lindley
Leek
USC. Co
Nellie Brown
Carl Daniels
Anna Buif
James Daniels
Wm. Reid
Maude Burke
Sherman St. Clair
Mary
Ernest Treber
Zenika Thornton
Harold Weir
Harry Karns
Webb Milam
Rea Heilman
Linton
Dick Thompson
Wm. Thornton
Drue
Alice
Doris
Zenobia
Jesse Daugherty
Neva
Birds, Ill
Charles Smith
Hobart Harrison
Detroit
Mich
Josie Eno
Graysville
Lizzie
Glenn Adams
Frank
Vincennes
Corwin Phillips
Chicago
J. A. Shaffer
Ray Shaffer
John Mason
Homer Warford
Walter Cooper
Community Guests Share Weekends Across Nearby Towns
Vera Cauger and families from Martinsville and Hidalgo visit Manifold household. Maude Burke's birthday honored by Mrs Daniels and others. Aunt Lizzie Elizabeth McClain dies at home. funeral held at Hatten Chapel. Local relatives from Sullivan Terre Haute Clinton and Vincennes attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cauger
Hidalgo, NL
Otto Devlin
Arthur Devlin
Martinsville, Ill
Cyrus Hedden
Melville Manifold
Picnic at Drake Home Draws Wide Local Attendance
A large Sunday picnic at Hosea Drake's crove brought together many local families including the Johnsons Drakes Pounds and Petersons. A light rain Sunday night eased corn crop worries while the S. S. orchestra performed at the Old York reunion.
Townspeople Share Visits and Social Gatherings Across Family Homes
Mrs Florence Rice of Youngstown spent the week with Mr and Mrs Otto Jewell and Emory Smith. Several hosted and visited in the area including farmsburg Sullivan Terre Haute and Hymera with numerous relatives and friends attending dinners picnics and ice cream suppers over the weekend and past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Rice
Youngstown
Otto Jewell
Emory Smith
Alvin Hood
Lute Marts
Mesaames Will Pittman
Harold Pittman
P. T. Lloyd
Farmersburg
Jerry Barcus
Chester Woodard
Hymera
Mesdames Alvin Hood
Amanda Allen
Alice Green
Mayre McPeters
Terre Haute
Levi Jewell
Adolph Railsback
Sullivan
Sam Taylor
Edward
Wesley Jewell
Dorothy
Ben Lane
Bruce Fox
Hamit Boone
Sam Q
Noble Wambaugh
Dutley Hayworth
Demas Wernz
Will Jewell
Will Marts
Fisie
Lydia Woodard
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertised as long used remedy
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine for catarrh with an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It claims over forty years of use and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio as sellers in all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Miss Mary Loudermilk Visits Indianapolis Friends
Miss Mary Loudermilk travels to Indianapolis to visit friends and relatives, staying with local connections and enjoying time in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Loudermilk
Indianapolis
Crowders Visit Clinton Couple and FamilyParents
Mr and Mrs Rush Crowder and their children of Clinton visited here last week with Mr and Mrs Q H Crowder and Crowder family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Crowder
Clinton
Mr. Crowder
Q. H. Crowder
Memorial Service Proclaimed for Friday in Sullivan
Mayor Walters declares a half day in Sullivan for President Harding funeral observances. Businesses suspend from 2 45 to 3 15 p m Friday. A flagpole will be raised in Court House Park with the flag at half mast. A memorial program on the north steps includes the American Legion salute and taps. Reverend S I Long to offer prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walters
Sullivan
Harding
Court House Park
Court House
American Legion
Legion
Former Resident Tyra Harris Dies in Tennessee Home
Announcement from McMinnville Tennessee reports the death of Tyra Harris a former county resident who died at his home on July 24. He was the son of the late Joel Harris of Turman township and grew up near Staffordshire. Harris left the county in 1884 for Nebraska with the first Antelope Valley colony and moved to Tennessee twelve years later. He visited this county only once since leaving, thirty three years ago for his father’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyra Harris
McMinnville
Tenn
Harris
Joel Harris
Turman Township
Staffordshire
Nebraska
Jackson and Buck Reunion at Bucktown set for Sept
Descendants of John T. Jackson and Mary L. Pirtle and John P Buck and Thersa Ruffman invite relatives and non relatives to the third annual reunion at Bucktown on Sunday Sept 2. The Dugger brass band and an Elnora orchestra will provide music with Rev Peel addressing the crowd. Bring a basket and join in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T
Mary L
Pirtle) Jackson
John P
Thersa
Ruffman
Buck
Bucktown
Dugger Brass Band
Elnora
Rev. Peel
Storm destroys silo on Pittman farm near Fairbanks
A strong wind storm demolished a silo on Allinson Pittman’s farm twelve miles west of Fairbanks on Saturday afternoon. Two hogs died in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allinson Pittman
Fairbanks
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R. H. Richart
Peerless Tire & Battery CO
Sulphur Springs
Charley Bragdon
Emerson Watson
Carl Burton
Mr. Watson
I. C. Eno and
J. A. Hash
South Main St
I. C
Ratine
Choice
Jane Jackson
Mozart
THE
Hoosier
Kingsley
Hosea Drake
Willis Johnson
Worley Johnson
Cecil Johnson
Ira Wilson
Cleva Drake
Homer Dilley
Ben Pogue
Ancil Woodard
Milton Drake
Roy Drake
Roy Pound
Earl Pound
Ava Johnson
Rex Drake
Cecil Drake
Pearl Scott
Denver Drake
Oral Riggs
Ray Drake
S. S
Old York
C. E. Thomson
A. W
Union Chapel
Will Yager
Fred Wernz
Carl Lester
Albin Bicknell
Will Lester
Fred Drake
Lake City
Fla
Clare Merrill
Estel Drake
Township
Tennessee
Jackson and
Indiana
Investment Department
Wabash
Central Indiana Power Company
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